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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Mikey Anvar's pet?

2. On page 83, how many months is Safwa behind on the rent?

3. When did Anvar last see his father dance in Pakistan?

4. Where does Safwa live when her brother dies?

5. How old is Safwa when she fakes a fever, stays home from school, and watches Full House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dr. Yousef Ganni?

2. Why did Imtiaz decide his family needed to leave Pakistan?

3. What happens to the goat Baba Adam has for Eid?

4. What is Karachi like?

5. Why do Safwa and her brother call their father Abu?

6. Where does Abu take Safwa when he comes to get her in Basra?

7. What has Safwa been taught about names, and what does she consider when she chooses a new name?

8. Why does Anvar transfer to Boston University?

9. What does Dr. Yousef arrange for Safwa?

10. Why does Anvar decide there is a God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Abu is arrested and tortured. Why is Abu taken from his family? How is he tortured? Is the treatment he receives inhumane? How does the abuse and inhumane treatment change him?

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